FREIGHT TRAIN VS. SUV, MINOR INJURIES, AT HILL AVE AND UP WEST LINE, NEAR WHEATON COLLEGE STATION

    TUE MAR 13 2012 ~1105
    WHEATON FIRE DEPARTMENT FPD
    SUV VS. FREIGHT TRAIN
    UNION PACIFIC WEST LINE AND HILL AVENUE, IL

    MALE, 52, TRANSPORTED TO CENRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL -- TREATED AND RELEASED. SOUTHBOUND SUV 2005 JEEP LIBERTY AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED WAS DRIVEN AROUND ACTIVATED RAILROAD SIGNALS, AND WAS STRUCK BY WESTBOUND FREIGHT TRAIN ON SOUTHERNMOST TRACK. WITNESS REPORTED SUV WAS ALSO SPEEDING EASTBOUND ON COLLEGE PRIOR TO CRASH.





    MEDIA ...
    Daily Herald One hurt as SUV collides with train in Wheaton

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